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Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance · Character

Satan

Adversary figure in the biblical commentary on Job.

minor

Also known as himself

First appearance: notes on the book of job

Satan's tie to Job is one of the pressures that moves Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Job (rivalry): Satan tests Job's faith, acting as an adversary in the cosmic drama that the narrator…

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Relationship types

  • Rivalry
  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor characters and authorial persona
  • Biblical commentary figures
  • Religious and theological figures
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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Relationships

  • Job

    rivalry · negative

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